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Saturday, June 19, 2004

Jose Mother F-in Reyes

Damn, it's been a long time coming. Jose Reyes will finally be back in the lineup. Awesome news. He is probably going to be rusty, which is fine, but with Zeile slumping a bit, we won't really be hurt by it that much. Hopefully he provides that spark that we all know he can provide.

Friday night, which was Mike Piazza night, was definitely a great night. I thought the ceremony was good. Originally I thought it would be lackluster, but it was done well and tasteful. On the screen in the outfield, they showed a ton of Piazza's bombs which is always great to watch. The funniest part was the big boo Jeff Wilpon got. Absolutely classic. Glavine was on the hill last night and pitched a great game last night. He went seven innings and surrendered only two runs, but the run in the first innings only came due the inability to complete a double play. Since you cannot give errors on missed double plays, he got screwed. Tom also showed why he is such a complete pitcher. As if it is not enough to pitch lights out, he also got two RBIs, which tied the game up. He is just the complete package.

I was sweating a little bit. It was starting to look like we were going to lose on Mike Piazza night with the lack of offense supplied the Mets bats, but thanks to Cameron's ninth inning blast, everyone went home happy. Cameron went 2 for 4 with no strike outs. He is starting to heat up and looking much better at the plate.

I'm smelling sweep.

Kazmir goes tonight for the St. Lucie squad.

Erickson goes tonight for Norfolk, which should hopefully be his last game pitched in the Met organization.

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Mets News

The Ken Oberkfell (or anyone else for that matter) For Manager Movement

"No one really gave me credit for doing what I did. They just criticized me," "The manager countered that Wright might not have had as good a year had the manager not protected the youngster by placing him down in the order early in the season."

Riiiiiiiiight. That does not even deserve a response.

"I guess I'm a show-me guy, I want to see that David can keep making the adjustments," Randolph said.

I'm a show me guy too. Show me why you should still employed. Hint #1, treat your best hitter like your best hitter. Don't punish someone for being young.

"I let them play," Randolph said. "It's not always going to come down to average and statistics. It's just how you play the game. Managers look at players and it's what they see."

Your gut decisions have worked out oh so well so far, so why change?

"He was just one of the guys we had," Randolph said. "Who knows? We may even pick someone up. The competition just started. It doesn't change the whole picture at second base for me at all. The fact that he's not here, we have to just move on."

That was when Brett Boone retired and that was followed up by...

"Keppinger really wasn't in the mix. Keppinger was kind of a long shot, and he's still kind of a long shot, but he's there."

Willie, wait. I thought you just said the competition just started? Now Keppinger had no shot and since A Hern has been playing short (a very foreign position from second) he is out too?

"I'm not concerned at all"

That was Willie commenting on Victor Zambrano's inability to actually resemble a good pitcher. I know Willie is not going to throw his guy under the bus, so I give him a free pass, but I wouldn't mind a comment about him needing to step up and perform in the next week or so.

"He's still a nice player, but let's not get crazy," Randolph said. ~ 4/15/08

Willie telling Angel Pagan to not get too excited because chances are, he really is not good.

"He's not going to be in that tree all year," Randolph said of Pagan, who is also tied with David Wright for the team lead with 10 RBIs. "We've seen a lot of players come through the pike and do what Pagan's doing, so let's keep this in perspective." ~ 4/15/08

Willie 'motivating' his team in their time of need.

"I like Luis in the No. 2 spot," Randolph said. "He's still one of the better No. 2 hitters in the game." ~ 4/15/08